Storyboard Template
Printable frames for animation and live action, with a voice-over column, timing and a guide to boarding well.
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What is inside
- How to storyboard when you cannot draw
- Shot types and camera moves explained
- A completed example board
- Printable six-frame sheets with timing
- A pacing guide (seconds per scene)
A taste of it
A storyboard is a comic strip of your video. Each box is one scene or shot, with the words spoken and the action beside it. It lets everyone, including approvers who will never read a script closely, see the film before it exists and say "yes" or "change this" while changes are cheap. Studios produce polished boards for animation projects, but you can make your own rough board before the studio does. A rough board is the best brief you can give: it shows what you imagine, and the studio improves on it.
Sections
- 1What a storyboard is for
- 2Plan before you board
- 3Shot vocabulary
- 4A completed example
- 5Blank storyboard sheets
- 6Sheets for longer films
- 7Before you approve a storyboard
How to use it
Read the guide on page 1 and 2, then print the blank sheets (or fill them in Word). You do not need to draw well: stick figures, arrows and notes are enough. The aim is agreement, not art.
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